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The musical impresario said the Queen and the Duke did not choose to join them in a sing-a-long around the piano, but did find the mini-concert enjoyable.

Lord Lloyd-Webber and Barlow performed Sing twice, once with a number of military wives who feature in the recorded version, and once “as an encore” with friends who were present.

The single has just topped the charts, becoming the best selling single of the year so far, with 142,000 copies sold. The album, of the same name, has also topped the charts.

Lord Lloyd-Webber said: “The last time I had a Number One album and Number One single at the same time was for Evita in 1976 when both the album and ‘Don’t Cry for me Argentina’ were at the top of the charts. So this is fantastic news about Sing!”

This is not the first time he has given a private concert to the Queen and the Duke: he did so for a joint celebration of their 60th and 65th birthdays back in 1986. However, this was the first time he had done so in his own home.